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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:55 Throw Pillows
01:49 Fresh Towels
03:30 Shower Curtains
04:43 Daylight LED Lights
05:35 Fresh Mulch
06:24 Cabinet Hardware Swap
07:35 Neutral Rug
10:38 Faux Stems / Real Plant
11:29 Front Door Mat
12:25 Storage Bins
Cushions:
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Towels
Shower Curtain
Bulbs
Mulch
Cabinet Hardware
Rugs
Fake plants
Front door mat
Storage Bins
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Pricing That Works – No guessing, no overpricing games
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When I go into a house to look at it I wanted to fill homie I don’t want it to be cluttered or dirty or smelly but I do want it to feel like someone actually lives there.
I’m not going to expect the people who are selling their home to have white towels that’s ridiculous. You know what people are trying to see in my linen closet they’re going to see towels I’ve had for 25+ years and I like those towels they dry better than any other towel I have… and yes they’re different colors and yes they are faded and yes they’re stained but I’m the only one and my son are the only ones who use them.
I’m willing to sell my house and I’m willing to make sure it looks nice and smells nice and not dirty or cluttering but I’m not willing to pack up all my towels and washcloths and buy new washcloths and towels just to satisfy people who have this Obsession about white towels. 😂😂😂😂
They will not be white more than a day with me
My house will be clean clutter free no weird smells but if someone will not buy my house because I don’t have white towels hanging then they’re the problem not me. Because if they did buy the house they could put their own white towels if they really wanted white towels.
If they walk into my bathroom and see I have great house with yellow smiley faces and they don’t like that and they don’t want to buy my house because I have a towel with smiley faces on it they are the problem not me. 😂😂😂
I have a fabric shower curtain and I have to wash it quite often which it just adds to my workload which I don’t like it sounds like I don’t clean it’s because I don’t want extra work on top of everything else my back hurts my knees hurt everything hurts I’m the only one who cleans I’m the only one who does everything despite me asking for help despite me putting rules despite me trying over and over to get help. 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
So when I decided I was going to try the fabric shower curtain I thought oh I’ll just pop it into the washer every so often to make sure it stays nice no not with a my water I have hard water I am not buying a $20,000 water softening system and yes it would cost me $20,000 because of the way my house is made and the location we’d have to put it garage space which means only one car could be parked versus two. And yes I do Park in my garage so I have hard water which means that the shower curtain turns yellowish orange or yellowish and so recently I thought you know what maybe I should just buy me a fabric shower curtain that is already yellowish that way it doesn’t look as bad because it’s stained that means I have to buy a brand new fabric shower curtain about three times a year I don’t want to do that that just costs more money
Have a large grayish blue, with some gold worked in fireplace that can be painted, should I paint it an off white, or tint up the color?
Great ideas!!! Thank you!
How are Americans supposed to have time for all of this?!